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Black Lives Matter protests are shaping how people understand racial inequality

Considered to be the largest social justice movement since the civil rights era of the 1960s, Black Lives Matter is more than the scores of street protests organized by the social justice group that attracted hundreds of thousands of demonstrators across the world.

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Louisiana Supreme Court Allows Police Officer's Lawsuit Against Black Lives Matter Organizer

DeRay Mckesson didn’t cause or encourage violence against police in Baton Rouge in 2016. The court says he can still be held responsible.

Reason

Activist Elaine Brown: ‘You must be willing to die for what you believe in’

Elaine Brown reveals how in 1974 she came to be the first and only woman to lead the Black Panther Party – and talks about revolution, resistance and activism today

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Sign of Things to Come? Royals' Caribbean Tour Hit by Protests

Prince William's trip to the Caribbean was meant to help Commonwealth countries where his 95-year-old grandmother is also head of state celebrate her record-breaking 70 years on the throne. But what were designed to be carefully choreographed photocalls and public appearances for Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee did not go…

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British royals face new reality in Caribbean

Prince William’s trip to the Caribbean was meant to help Commonwealth countries where his 95-year-old grandmother is also head of state celebrate her record-breaking 70 years on the throne.

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Far right group For Britain plans to rally in support of Colston in Bristol

A counter-demo is already being organised

Bristol Post

Red Sox to replace Black Lives Matter billboard: ‘It was never a political statement’

BOSTON — After almost two years, the Red Sox are taking down their 254-foot Black Lives Matter billboard that has been stationed behind Fenway Park facing the Massachusetts Turnpike.

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11-Year-Old Kaitlyn Saunders Lifts Spirits With Her Figure Skating Performances

Get to know the “The Skate Kid,” the young Black girl who inspired many around the country with her touching tribute to the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.

Sports Illustrated

London’s Tulse Hill could be renamed over links to slavery

The district was named after Sir Henry Tulse who was part of the Royal African Company who traded in slaves

Evening Standard

Neo-Nazi plead guilty to power grid plot

Two members of a neo-Nazi terror network accused of plotting to attack the power grid have plead guilty

Salon

William and Kate visit Bob Marley home amid slavery demonstrations in Jamaica

Anti-colonial sentiment has been growing across the Caribbean against the background of the Black Lives Matter movement in recent years

Wales Online

Eddie Howe must address Saudi controversy or risk being mute pawn at Newcastle

From "Stand with Ukraine" to Black Lives Matter, football has made itself political, and that is why managers at controversial clubs like Eddie Howe at Newcastle can no longer sidestep the big questions

Daily Mirror

Nigel Farage attacks Wales' National Museum for displaying Black Lives Matter placards

During his show on GB News last Thursday, Nigel Farage attacked the museum for the BLM display at St Fagan's in Cardiff

Wales Online

Colourism: how skin-shade prejudice impacts black men in the UK

The Black Lives Matter movement, and the renewed focus on equality and social justice for black people that has come with it, has brought increasing attention to the issue of colourism. This form of prejudice privileges people of colour with lighter skin and discriminates against those with darker skin.

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Black Lives Matter placards go on display in Welsh heritage museum

St Fagans National Museum of History has placed the collection from the anti-racism protests that took place in summer 2020 in its Wales Is gallery.

Daily Record

North Lanarkshire Council hosts its first Black Lives Matter conference

It chaired by Councillor Heather Brannan-McVey who is the council's equalities champion.

Reason

Libel Lawsuit Against Black Lives Matter Sacramento Can Go Forward

BLM posted racist e-mails that purported to have come from plaintiff, and added that plaintiff's "INFORMATION HAS BEEN VERIFIED"; but the e-mails had apparently come from an ex-tenant who was impersonating her.

AFP

'History will remember your voice' -- meet the women preserving Black Lives Matter art

Washington (AFP) - When thousands of protesters descended on Washington in the summer of 2020, many brought with them hand-written posters reading "Black Lives Matter," "Resist" -- hallmark phrases of the historic outpouring of frustration over America's slow-walking progress on racial equality.

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The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Russian rouble crashes as sanctions make their mark

Central bank more than doubles interest rates in effort to protect currency and economy. Plus, Patrisse Cullors on co-founding Black Lives Matter

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‘I have a lot of resentment’: Patrisse Cullors on co-founding Black Lives Matter, the backlash – and why the police must go

It is 10 years since she helped launch possibly the biggest global protest movement in history. But then came controversy as huge sums of money flowed in. She describes how her childhood inspired her activism – and the hurt she has suffered

The Guardian - UK

The stars of Top Boy: ‘Are drug dealers going to Black Lives Matter marches? I doubt it’

Britain’s edgiest crime drama is about to return – and this time its scope is bigger than ever. Ashley Walters, Little Simz, Kano and more discuss turning Drake down, the call of Hollywood and not being able to depict BLM

The Guardian - UK

Athletes permitted to raise fist on the podium at Commonwealth Games

Medallists can now show support for Black Lives Matter and LGBT+ although protests are subject to guidelines as hate group gestures are forbidden

The Independent UK

Jacob Rees-Mogg says senior civil servants should not endorse Black Lives Matter

Brexit minister says officials should only show support for state-backed occasions like the Queen’s jubilee

The Independent UK

Top civil servants should not show support for Black Lives Matter – Rees-Mogg

The Government Efficiency Minister said senior civil servants must be ‘completely apolitical’.

Miami Herald

A decade after Trayvon Martin’s killing, ‘Being Black in America still comes at a great risk’

MIAMI — Sybrina Fulton is exhausted.

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